“The Genius” appeared three times on The Dick Cavett Show during the 1970s, and on one of them he was the only guest (others include Margaret Mead, Tony Randall, and John Lindsey). Ray Charles (accompanied at times by the Raelettes) performs 14 numbers, including “Georgia on My Mind,” “I Can't Stop Loving You,” “I Feel So Bad,” “Born to Lose,” “America the Beautiful,” the instrumental “Blues for Big Scotia,” a moving cover of the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby,” a fiery version of Otis Redding’s soul classic “Shake,” and more. The dialogue is quite frank, and the rapport between the two—each tops in his field—is obvious.